Maternal health, war, and religious tradition: Authoritative knowledge in Pujehun District, Sierra Leone

Medical Anthropology Quarterly

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 270-286

  Jambai, Amara ^a   Maccormack, Carol ^b  

^a Bryn Mawr College ^*

^b BRYN MAWR COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Midwives; Primary care; Religion; Risk; Sierra Leone; War

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTHORITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LABOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDWIFE; NEWBORN; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SIERRA LEONE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTHORITARIANISM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDWIFERY; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SIERRA LEONE; WAR;

EID: 0030170772     PISSN: 07455194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/maq.1996.10.2.02a00090     Document Type: Article

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